Cathedral Quarter Tour

The Cathedral Quarter Tour app provides an illustrated guide to the rich architectural heritage of the Cathedral Quarter, an area of cultural and historical importance focused around St Anne’s Cathedral. This area contains many listed buildings which date from the 18th Century to the 1930s. The Cathedral Quarter Tour app recounts the history of these buildings and, through them, the story of the commercial heart of old Belfast.

Cathedral Quarter Tour Instructions

This app is best experienced on location, in the Cathedral Quarter area of Belfast but does not use GPS so can be used anywhere.

The starting point for your tour is the Four Corners, at the junction of Bridge Street, North Street and Waring Street, Belfast.

Use the map to find the 12 points of interest (POI) on your tour.

Walk to the location and click the corresponding point on the map to reveal information about that POI.

Text, images, video and audio will illustrate the buildings historical and architectural merit.

The associated media, slideshows and videos, appear below the title on each page. Some pages will have more than two items. A golden scroll bar denotes three or more pieces of media that can be scrolled through horizontally.

Click on ‘view’ to view the slideshows.

Click on ‘watch’ to watch the video.

Click on the ‘map’ button in the banner to return to the map.

Use the arrow keys to navigate through the annotated slideshow,use the ‘x’ to exit out of the slide show

The app features short videos (approx. 10MB) streamed from the internet. An internet connection (3G or Wi-Fi) is required to view the videos and data charges may apply.

“Look up and discover the rich architecture of Belfast’s former commercial heart with the Cathedral Quarter app.”

Location

The starting point for your tour is the Four Corners, at the junction of Bridge Street, North Street and Waring Street, Belfast.